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Dear all, </div>
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Well, another month comes and goe— Just kidding! </div>
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This isn't a monthly update but another plug of the<b> CfP for Issue 302 of BSFA's Vector, guest edited by Yen Ooi and Stephen Oram, on the theme of 'Zoefuturism</b>:'
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Issue 302, ‘Zoefuturism’—Call for proposals</a>. </div>
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Proposals are due in just under two weeks on <b>June 1st</b>. </div>
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Office: 951.827.2840 | phoenix.alexander@ucr.edu</div>
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Department Website: <span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="https://scua.ucr.edu/" id="OWAd75d6f80-111d-75bd-bfd7-4ee4029dc919" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-linkindex="0" data-safelink="true" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin: 0px;">https://scua.ucr.edu/</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><i>We at UCR would like to respectfully acknowledge and recognize our responsibility to the original and current caretakers of this land, water, and air: the Cahuilla, Tongva, LuisenŢo, and Serrano peoples
and all of their ancestors and descendants, past, present, and future. Today this meeting place is home to many Indigenous peoples from all over the world, including UCR faculty, students, and staff, and we are grateful to have the opportunity to live and
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